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Torah, Damascus Codex (MS Sassoon 507; NLI Ms. Heb. 24°5702)

by: Scribe, 10th century

Publication date: 1000

Usage: Public Domain Mark 1.0

Topics: Damascus Codex, Bible, Hebrew Bible, Torah, Masoretic Text, Sassoon 507, כתר דמשק, תורה

Collection: booksbylanguage_hebrew; booksbylanguage

Language: Hebrew

The Torah (Pentateuch), with Tiberian vocalization and masoretic notes (10th century). This manuscript (formerly Sassoon 507, now National Library of Israel Ms. Heb. 24°5702) is one of the earliest examples of the Tiberian masorah, and it is utilized by scholars for reconstruction of the Aleppo Codex (in which most of the Torah is lost). It is referred to via the sigla ש or S in scholarly literature.

Source: This is a copy of the full color, high resolution scan available at the National Library of Israel (item, viewer). Also available online at the Library of Congress via the World Digital Library.

Note: The beginning of Genesis is missing, and the text begins at 9:26 (ברוך ה' אלהי שם). A single folio is also missing between pages 140-141 (=images 142 and 145 in this item), which contained Exodus 18:1 (אלהים למשה) through 18:23 (וצוך אלהים ויכלת). In place of the missing folio a blank page has been inserted within the manuscript, and the photograph of one side of that blank page (=image 143 in this item) previously caused subsequent pages to appear incorrectly in terms of their positions on the right or left. The image of the blank page has now been doubled so that the subsequent pages appear correctly.

Public Domain:

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